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Supreme court case that legalized racism and slavery.
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A form of protest in which African Americans sat at a segregated counter and refused to leave until they were served.
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a supreme court case in which the segregation of schools was ruled unconstitutional.
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Emmett Till was brutally murdered after flirting with a white girl down in the south
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Refused to move seats on the bus for a white person.
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After Rosa Parks sat in the front of a bus and was arrested, many African Americans began to boycott public buses as a form of protest.
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Believed in peaceful resistance to whites. Also was chosen to lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
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8 African American students were integrated into a school under the protection of the NAACP and some soldiers.
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Large groups of African Americans rioting in different areas around the United States.
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De Jure- Based on practices and customs. Mainly in North.
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White activists in conjunction with African Americans took an unsegregated bus ride down south.
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250,000 people met at Washington to persuade congress to pass a bill that gave equal access to public accommodations.
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600 protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery following Kings orders.
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Eliminated literacy tests making it easier for African Americans to vote.Federal Examiners could also enroll voters denied at the local level.
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Supreme court justice who helped to win the Brown V. Board of Education case.
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Believed that rebellion had to be violent and that there was no such thing as a non-violent rebellion.
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Banned discrimination based on sex, nationality, or religion, in public places.
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All citizens can vote and shall not be denied due to not paying any taxes.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and a large amount of African American Children were Marching and preaching in Birmingham.
